Inviting kiln smoke on the nose, damp earth, but not strong. Recognizably Lagavulin and so far not at all tired. I swear I'm getting notes of pastrami too.

Oh, hell yes. This is fantastic. Gentle, warming, earthy-woody smokey vanilla-cocoa. Actually fairly in line with what I'd expect from having tasted the 25 and 30, wish I could do a side-by-side here. Very lingering finish with peat wafting through the nostrils with something sweet and something that I swear seems like a hint of pastrami.

I'll admit that I expected this to be a little old and tired, and wanting for peat -- but this is truly excellent stuff.